Thales

Thales is a French defence manufacturer and is ranked as the 7th largest in the world. It commands global military sales of $7.7bn per year for its products, which include missiles, avionics, naval systems, radar and optronics.

Ownership of other companies

 * African Defense Systems (100%)
 * Thales Raytheon Systems (50%)
 * Helisim (45%)

Board (Correct at September 2009)
Accessed May 2011:


 * Luc Vigneron - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Thales
 * Oliver Bourges - Deputy General Manager of the French Government Shareholding Agency (APE)
 * Marie-Paule Delpierre - Director elected by employees
 * Charles Edelstenne - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Dassault-Aviation
 * Yannick d'Escatha - Chairman of CNES (French Space Agency)
 * Roger Freeman - Consultant and Chairman of the Advisory Panel of PriceWaterhouseCoopers, London UK
 * Dominique Floch - Director elected by employees
 * Steve Gentili - Chairman of the board of BRED Banque Populaire
 * Philippe Lepinay - Representative of employee shareholders
 * Didier Lombard - Chairman of France Telecom
 * Pierre Mutz - Former Préfet of Ile de France Region
 * Bruno Parent - Inspecteur Général des Finances, previously Director of Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control
 * Loik Segalen - Executive Vice President, Economic and Financial Affairs of Dassault-Aviation
 * Amaury de Seze - Chairman of the board of Carrefour
 * Eric Trappier - Executive Vice President, International of Dassault-Aviation
 * TSA - represented by Bernard Rétat - Chairman of the Defence Commission of the ASD (AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe)

Contact details
Thales 173 Blvd Haussmann 75008 Paris Cedex 08 France

Tel: +33 1 53 77 80 00

Website: http://www.thalesgroup.com/

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